AMD announced the start of shipments of the “EPYC 9006 Series” server CPUs.
AMD EPYC™ 9006 server CPUs for AI-first data centers
https://www.amd.com/ja/products/processors/server/epyc/9006-series.html
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The EPYC 9006 Series is a lineup of server CPUs that adopts the Zen 6 architecture. Its product overview was announced in July 2026, highlighting features such as being “manufactured using a 2nm process” and offering “1.7 times the AI agent execution performance of the previous-generation model.”
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The EPYC 9006 Series is divided into two types, “SP7” and “SP8,” which use different sockets, with the SP7 positioned as the performance-focused model and the SP8 as the efficiency-focused model. The CPUs that began shipping this time are the SP7 models. The specifications of each CPU are as follows.
| CPU Name | Core Count | Thread Count | Boost Clock | Base Clock | L3 Cache | Power Consumption |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD EPYC 9996 | 256 | 512 | Max. 4.1 GHz | 2.55 GHz | 1024 MB | 600 W |
| AMD EPYC 9956 | 256 | 512 | Max. 4.1 GHz | 1.7 GHz | 1024 MB | 400 W |
| AMD EPYC 9966 | 192 | 384 | Max. 4.1 GHz | 3.05 GHz | 768 MB | 600 W |
| AMD EPYC 9846 | 168 | 336 | Max. 4.1 GHz | 2.9 GHz | 768 MB | 500 W |
| AMD EPYC 9756 | 128 | 256 | Max. 4.1 GHz | 3.2 GHz | 512 MB | 500 W |
| AMD EPYC 9G76 | 96 | 192 | Max. 5.3 GHz | 3.65 GHz | 384 MB | 500 W |
| AMD EPYC 9686F | 96 | 192 | Max. 5.3 GHz | 4.05 GHz | 384 MB | 600 W |
| AMD EPYC 9656 | 96 | 192 | Max. 4.1 GHz | 2.85 GHz | 512 MB | 400 W |
| AMD EPYC 9586F | 64 | 128 | Max 5.3 GHz | 4.05 GHz | 384 MB | 400 W |
| AMD EPYC 9556 | 64 | 128 | Max 5.1 GHz | 3.6 GHz | 192 MB | 400 W |
For a 100 kW system, the AMD EPYC 9965 delivers up to 2.37 times the performance of the NVIDIA Vera. The flagship AMD EPYC 9996 CPU is advertised as delivering up to 3.3 times the performance of the NVIDIA Vera.
The EPYC 9006 Series is sold through major vendors, and cloud services on Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure are scheduled to become available soon.
